The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Twin Cities Area
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City